Originally, Google Maps said to go through Grand Junction to get here, but when we started out this morning, the GPS decided to take us through the Four Corners, which saved us about 2 hours total drive time. I modified the route slightly to take us through Silverton and Ouray, which we're really glad we did. The trip was absolutely beautiful, with the Aspen trees turning colors.
We stopped in Silverton and visited some of the little shops that we'd went to two years ago when we were up there. I'm glad we stopped, because when we got out, it was very apparent that I'd been riding the brakes too hard as they had a pretty good smell to them. Most of the rest of the trip through Ouray, we stayed in low gear to minimize the braking (yes, Dave, we gave them a break :-) ). I'd never noticed it to be a problem before, but my van only has 3rd gear and 1st gear for options. It was a long trip down the mountain.
The girls were fine on the long drive. Adie actually slept quite a bit today (naturally, no sedatives involved). She's also been talking up a storm - she's even said some two-sylable words (though I can't remember them right now). This morning, she was singing to herself back in the car seat. When she's out, she's really been walking good, even on the uneven rocks at the Canyon.
She also got her first big scrape on the knee yesterday.
We've seen tons of deer the last two days. Most of them (20-30) were in the meadows right outside of the Grand Canyon park. Today we've run across probably another 15-20. We only had to slow down for one of them - the rest have mostly been grazing in the meadows.
Total Miles: 2400
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